Unlawful gun owners commit 80 percent of gun crimes

Re:Unlawful gun owners commit 80 percent of gun crimes by almost on Monday August 01, 2016 @02:56PM (#12204943)

So most crimes are committed with guns stolen from or lost by the legal owners. Is that what gun rights advocates want to be saying?

Maybe it's because I'm not an American and I've never been to America but this all just seems strange.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Unlawful gun owners commit 80 percent of gun crimes by cdubzzz on Monday August 01, 2016 @03:34PM (#12205228)

This is perhaps why neither side of the debate have picked up on this research. If you look at the WaPo[0] pie chart[1], it could also be reported as, "97% of gun crime committed using traceable firearms."

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/27/new-e...

[1] https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2016/07/...

[ Parent | on HN ]